Create Your Own Japanese Garden: A Practical Guide
A Practical Guide
$65.62
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2017
Summary
In this book, renowned garden designer Motomi Oguchi offers the reader a step-by-step, practical approach to creating Japanese gardens, drawn from a wealth of experience that covers thirty years and encompasses the design of more than 400 gardens. The author uses real examples from gardens he has designed, constructed, and photographed to illustrate his key points, approaching each work from the perspective of the home or building owner.
Oguchi begins with front gardens, as these are …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781568365442 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1568365446 |
| Author: | Motomi Oguchi, Joseph Cali |
| Publisher: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Imprint: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 754g |
| Dimensions: | 267mm x 200mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“With precise instructions and illustrations for building typical elements such as bamboo fences and stone bridges, the book gives Americans all the information they need to create authentic Japanese gardens.” —Publisher’s Weekly
“This is probably the best … garden book to be published in English in the past half decade. … this book deserves an ‘A’ grade….” —Journal of Japanese Gardening
“This book is loaded with design ideas for East and West.” —Washington Post
“Just leafing through the photographs is enough to make you feel at peace!” —My Home
About The Author
Motomi Oguchi
MOTOMI OGUCHI was born in 1947. Since he began his career as a garden designer, he has created about 400 Japanese gardens for homes, temples, and public buildings including the Schloss Schoenbrunn in Vienna and his current project, the Shizen-An spa/retreat on the north fork of Long Island, NY.
His co-author, JOSEPH CALI, wrote The New Zen Garden.
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